Alan Smith <ala### [at] aurora-ukcom> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nice if POV allowed something like :-
> box { <-2cm, -1cm, 10mm>,  <2cm, 1cm, 1cm> }

> This would lead to more readable code

  So tell me what this would mean:

box { <-3cm, 4, 8mm>, <2, 14, 5cm> }

  Mixing unit types doesn't help readability either:

box { <-2in, -5ft, 3m>, <3cm, 5in, -2ft> }

  Of course we could obfuscate this even more:

#declare Location = -2cm*3in*<3ft, 5cm*3in, 2km>;

  One could wonder what is "2 centimeters times 3 inches"...

  IMHO plain numbers are easier to read... :P

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